Society and history

Bhoi dynasty

The Bhoi dynasty (ଭୋଇ ବଂଶ) was a ruling house of Odisha founded by Govinda Vidyadhara, who usurped the Gajapati throne; its Khurda branch patronized the Jagannath cult at Puri.

Bhoj Raj Rai

Bhoj Raj Rai is an Indian politician from Sikkim, a Sikkim Krantikari Morcha minister who won the Poklok-Kamrang seat in 2024, defeating former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling.

Bhoja (भोज)

Bhoja, also Raja Bhoja, is the name shared by two Indian kings: Mihira Bhoja, the Gurjara-Pratihara emperor of Kannauj, and the Paramāra scholar-king of Malwa.

Bhojpuri language

Bhojpuri, also known as भोजपुरी or Purbi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Bihari group spoken in western Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal's Terai.

Bhojraj Nag

Bhojraj Nag is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Kanker in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Antagarh.

Bhojshala (भोजशाला) is a historic college and Sarasvati temple at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, India, founded by the Paramara king Raja Bhoja around the 11th century and later converted into the Kamal Maula Mosque.

Bhola Singh

Bhola Singh (born 1977) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member representing Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha since 2014, now a BJP national secretary.

Bhonsle dynasty

The Bhonsle dynasty (भोंसले) was a Maratha ruling family that produced the independent Maratha state founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century and later royal branches at Thanjavur and Nagpur.

Bhoodan movement

The Bhoodan movement was a Gandhian land-reform effort in India, starting in 1951. It evolved into the Gramdan movement, where entire villages renounced private land ownership.

BHP

BHP, formerly BHP Billiton, is an Australian mining and metals company headquartered in Melbourne. Founded in 1885 to mine silver at Broken Hill, it now earns most of its revenue from iron ore and copper.

Sep 24, 2026

Bhre Wirabhumi

Bhre Wirabhumi was a son of Majapahit's King Hayam Wuruk who ruled the eastern court and fought Wikramawardhana in the Paregreg civil war, dying in 1406.

Bhrigu

Bhrigu, also known as Rishi Bhrigu (Sanskrit Bhṛgu, भृगु), is a great sage of Vedic and Puranic tradition, eponymous ancestor of the Bhargava Brahmins, credited with the Bhrigu Samhita astrological corpus.

Bhrikuti

Bhrikuti (भृकुटी), known in Tibetan as Bhelsa Tritsun, was a Licchavi princess of Nepal who married Emperor Songtsen Gampo around 633 and is credited with bringing Buddhism to Tibet.

BHTC

BHTC (Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH) is a German automotive supplier of climate-control electronics and HMI systems, founded in 1999 and owned by Taiwan's AUO Corporation since 2024.

Bhuma Nagi Reddy (భూమా నాగి రెడ్డి)

Bhuma Nagi Reddy (భూమా నాగి రెడ్డి), Kurnool district Andhra Pradesh politician, three-term TDP MP from Nandyal (1996, 1998, 1999), contested P V Narasimha Rao in 1996, later Praja Rajyam, YSRCP, and TDP; died of cardiac arrest 12 March 2017, age 53.

Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช)

Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช), Rama IX of Thailand's Chakri dynasty, reigned 9 June 1946 to 13 October 2016, the world's longest-reigning monarch at his death; born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he promoted the Sufficiency Economy philosophy and royal development projects.

Bhumihar

Bhumihar (Babhan) is a landowning Hindu caste of Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand claiming Brahmin status; dominant agrarian caste with caste associations, militias, and shifting forms of caste assertion.

Oct 10, 2026

Bhūmija

Bhūmija (भूमिज), meaning "born from the earth", is a monk disciple of the Buddha known from two Pali Canon suttas bearing his name, SN 12.25 and MN 126.

Oct 10, 2026

Bhūmiya

Bhūmija (भूमिज), meaning "earth-born", is a Buddhist monk and uncle of Prince Jayasena, namesake of the Bhūmija Suttas MN 126 and SN 12.25 in the Pali Canon.

Bhunu

Bhunu (Mahlokohla), King of Swaziland as Ngwane V: son of Mbandzeni, designated heir 1890, installed February 1895, tried and fined £500 by Transvaal authorities, died 1899 aged 24, father and predecessor of Sobhuza II.

Bhupal Singh

Bhupal Singh (भूपाल सिंह) was the Maharana of Mewar who ruled the Udaipur princely state from 1930 until its merger into the Rajasthan Union in 1948.

Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma

Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (భూపతిరాజు శ్రీనివాస వర్మ), BJP politician born 1967, is MP for Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, since 2024 and Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel.

Bhupender Singh (officer)

Major Bhupender Singh (IC-35016K), Indian Army Border Roads officer commanding 99 Road Construction Company at Verinag, kidnapped and killed by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on 23 January 1994; posthumous Shaurya Chakra; father of actress Nimrat Kaur, distinct from Lt Gen Bhupender Singh Thakur.